The initial "big" severe weather event for the 2005 season was quite a deal across south central Nebraska as several tornadoes were sighted. Of all the tornadoes, the most significant one occurred just east of Holdrege. The tornado set down south of Holdrege and bounced its way to the northeast side of town. About 5 miles south of Holdrege, two sheds were destroyed. This tornado damaged a hanger at Brewster Field and hit another farm just northeast of town. Five windows were blown out in the farm house along with other minor house damage. A barn was destroyed. Across the road, a center pivot irrigation system was heavily damaged. As the evening continued, there were numerous other tornado reports from Holdrege to east of Kearney. In Buffalo County, several twisters were sighted. One tornado displaced a barn onto a garage at a farm northwest of Gibbon. Another tornado kicked up quite a large dust cloud, but fortunately was in open county as it passed well north of Shelton. In Hall County, yet another tornado set down north of Wood River, but again causing no damage. The severe thunderstorms brought the usual entourage of hail, some wind and a little rain. Hail to the size of baseballs was reported in Kearney and there was vehicle and home damage scattered throughout the city. Golf ball size hail was reported at Oxford. Moth ball size hail was reported at Loomis and two inch in diameter size hail was reported near Palmer.

Hail in MERRICK, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 18:15:00 to 07-MAY-05 18:15:00 (CST)
Location: PALMER
Magnitude: 2.00 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 18:10:00 to 07-MAY-05 18:10:00 (CST)
Location: MILLER
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 20:37:00 to 07-MAY-05 20:37:00 (CST)
Location: DANNEBROG
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 16:31:00 to 07-MAY-05 16:31:00 (CST)
Location: KEARNEY
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 1M
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail ranging in size from golf balls to baseballs pounded Kearney.  Nine sheriff's deputy cars were damaged by the hail.

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 20:31:00 to 07-MAY-05 20:31:00 (CST)
Location: BOELUS
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Tornado in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:30:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:33:00 (CST)
Location: WOOD RIVER
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

A brief tornado was reported by an off duty NWS employee and trained spotters 5 miles north of Wood River.  No damage was noted.

Tornado in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 16:39:00 to 07-MAY-05 16:39:00 (CST)
Location: KEARNEY
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A brief tornado was reported by trained storm spotters near the Platte River just south of Kearney.  No damage was noted.

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 21:05:00 to 07-MAY-05 21:05:00 (CST)
Location: ST PAUL
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 18:15:00 to 07-MAY-05 18:15:00 (CST)
Location: BOELUS
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 18:27:00 to 07-MAY-05 18:27:00 (CST)
Location: FARWELL
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 15:10:00 to 07-MAY-05 15:10:00 (CST)
Location: OXFORD
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 150K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 15:45:00 to 07-MAY-05 15:45:00 (CST)
Location: ATLANTA
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Tornado in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:00:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:00:00 (CST)
Location: KEARNEY
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

A brief tornado was reported by a NWS employee and other trained storm spotters just east of Kearney.  No damage was noted.

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:48:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:48:00 (CST)
Location: DANNEBROG
Magnitude: 1.50 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 16:46:00 to 07-MAY-05 16:46:00 (CST)
Location: KEARNEY
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:43:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:43:00 (CST)
Location: CAIRO
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:35:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:35:00 (CST)
Location: CAIRO
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 18:40:00 to 07-MAY-05 18:40:00 (CST)
Location: ST PAUL
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Tornado in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 18:35:00 to 07-MAY-05 18:36:00 (CST)
Location: BELGRADE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A very brief tornado was reported east of Belgrade. The tornado caused no damage.

Tornado in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:15:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:25:00 (CST)
Location: GIBBON
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A tornado skipped along a path from northwest of Gibbon to north of Shelton.  The tornado only caused minor damage along its path, but was easily sighted from just about any direction.

Hail in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 16:18:00 to 07-MAY-05 16:18:00 (CST)
Location: KEARNEY
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Tornado in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 16:18:00 to 07-MAY-05 16:18:00 (CST)
Location: AXTELL
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Storm spotters reported a brief tornado near the county line northwest of Axtell. No damage was reported.

Hail in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 18:40:00 to 07-MAY-05 18:40:00 (CST)
Location: BELGRADE
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:57:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:57:00 (CST)
Location: ST PAUL
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 20:15:00 to 07-MAY-05 20:15:00 (CST)
Location: WOLBACH
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 18:24:00 to 07-MAY-05 18:24:00 (CST)
Location: CUSHING
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 20:52:00 to 07-MAY-05 20:52:00 (CST)
Location: DANNEBROG
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:30:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:30:00 (CST)
Location: BOELUS
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Tornado in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 17:00:00 to 07-MAY-05 17:05:00 (CST)
Location: GIBBON
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A tornado passed just northwest of Gibbon and tossed a barn on top of a garage at a farm northwest of town.

Hail in HARLAN, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 15:18:00 to 07-MAY-05 15:18:00 (CST)
Location: OXFORD
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 15:18:00 to 07-MAY-05 15:18:00 (CST)
Location: OXFORD
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Tornado in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 15:56:00 to 07-MAY-05 16:10:00 (CST)
Location: HOLDREGE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 250K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A tornado hit two farmsteads and the airport near Holdrege causing minor damage along its path.

Hail in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 15:40:00 to 07-MAY-05 15:40:00 (CST)
Location: HOLDREGE
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 75K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 07-MAY-05 15:30:00 to 07-MAY-05 15:30:00 (CST)
Location: LOOMIS
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 75K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER